THE KINGS RIVER REGION SHOULD BE A NATIONAL PARK

R. C. LEWIS In the heart of the proposed John Muir National Park. (One of the mile-deep canyons—Middle Fork of Kings River.)

Issued by the SIERRA CLUB MILLS TOWER • SAN FRANCISCO • CALIFORNIA 1939 THE JOHN MUIR-KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK

(Bill pending in House ot Representatives, H. R. .5794)

OHN MUIR, "greatest of the mountain prophets," as long ago as 1891 Jdirected the attention of the American people to the glorious scenery and extraordinary recreational attractions of the Sierran wilderness on the headwaters of the South and Middle Forks of the Kings River in California, and urged that a National Park be created to insure their permanent preservation. The Sierra Club, of which John Muir was the first President (1892-1914), has consistently championed this cause.

The Gearhart Bill the outstanding character which marks A particularly favorable opportunity it as fulfilling the very highest National to bring this proposal to final realization Park standards caused the Sierra Club to is now presented by a bill (H. R. 3794) strongly endorse the new bill now before introduced in the House of Representa­ Congress. tives by Hon. B. W. Gearhart of Fresno, This (dub always has stood lor the providing lor the creation ol a 438,000- ideal that a true National Park is a pri­ acre National Park embracing these two meval wilderness area of supreme scenic Kings River Canyons. Because John beauty, a conspicuous example ol Na­ Muir first called attention to the out­ ture's handiwork upon a scale large standing importance ol the region, this enough to be ol national importance, is to be known as the "Jo/in Muir-Kings and eminently worthy ol complete pres­ Canyon National Parl{." ervation lor the inspiration of present This important measure now before and future generations, and lor recre­ Congress involves merely a transfer ot ation ol the American people. lands, already publicly owned, from the The Issue two National Forests of which they are but a comparatively small part, to a new As the people now own this superb and more appropriate status—a National highland area outright, the issue in­ Park set aside in perpetuity as a primeval volved is whether it shall be assured ol wilderness area. permanent and complete protection as a National Park, or whether it shall re­ Entirely a non-partisan measure, re­ main in a status which leaves it open to ceiving enthusiastic aid from leaders ad­ ultimate commercial development. hering to both major political parties, this new bill has strong Administration A True National Park support and the approval ol the Secre­ Under the law, the fundamental pur­ tary of the Interior, always deemed essen­ pose ol National Parks with primeval tial to the passage ol legislation of this characteristics is "to conserve the scenery sort bv Congress. and the natural and historical objects and the wild life therein, and to provide Position of the Sierra Club lor the enjoyment of the same in such The Sierra Club, a conservation organ­ manner and by such means as will leave ization of more than 3,500 members, has them unimpaired tor the enjoyment ol consistently advocated the inclusion ol future generations." By legal definition, this region in a National Park. A careful they are "areas of unmodified natural study ol the bill's provisions, an intimate condition, each the finest of its kind in first-hand knowledge of the country to be the country, preserved forever from all preserved, and a realization that it is of industrial use."

[2] Alpine lakes glitter below the Kearsarge Pinnacles.

[3] Bullfrog Lake, East Vidette and Deerhorn Mountain.

The National Park Standards, pre­ Kings River region in a National Park pared by the Camp Fire Club of Amer­ are: ica, and to which the American Forestry The National Parks Association, Association, the National Parks Associ­ The American Civic Association (now ation, the National Association ol Audu­ the American Planning and Civic As­ bon Societies, and many other conserva­ sociation), tion organizations have subscribed, de­ The General Federation of Women's fine National Parks as "spacious land Clubs, areas essentially in their primeval condi­ The Council on National Parks, Forests tion, and so outstandingly superior in and Wild Life (a group representing quality and beauty to average examples 26 public-spirited Associations), of their several types as to demand their California State Grange, preservation intact and in their entirety John Muir Association. tor the enjoyment, education and inspi­ The Appalachian Mountain Club, ration of all the people for all time." The Boone and Crockett Club, The Kings River region possesses all The Emergency Conservation Commit­ of these qualifications to an extraordi­ tee of New York, nary degree, as John Muir so early de­ and similar non-commercial and non­ clared. partisan organizations of national stand­ ing. Endorsed by Conservationists The same conclusion has been ex­ That this region is distinctively of Na­ pressed by prominent men and women tional Park caliber has been affirmed on well known as conservationists, many of various occasions by numerous organi­ whom have visited the Kings River zations which are vitally concerned in country. Among those who have de­ conservation. Among those which have clared that it is of National Park caliber in the past favored inclusion of this may be mentioned:

[4] The Kearsarge Pinnacles in mid-July.

David Starr Jordan, tional Park embracing substantially this Mrs. John D. Sherman (a former Presi­ area. dent ol the (icneral Federation ot Wo­ As William B. Greeley, when Chief men's Clubs), Forester, so clearly pointed out, the Stephen T. Mather (the first Director of National Forests are "reservations which the National Park Service), exist primarily for commercial develop­ Henry A. Wallace (Secretary of Agri ment" of the natural resources within culture), them. He said, further: ".. . in our judg­ and four successive Chief Foresters, ment the area as outlined in the entire heads of the United States Forest Service: scope of the bill represents the outstand­ Henry Solon Graves, ing region not only in the Sierra Nevada William B. Greeley, of California but in the entire backbone Robert Y. Stuart, extending through the Cascade region Ferdinand A. Silcox, the incumbent. of Oregon and Washington that justi­ fies an additional National Park. I am Removal from National Forests quite familiar with this area personally, Urged having been a local forest officer in that The Sierra Club holds that as a matter section for a number of years. When you of immediate and permanent national consider all that is involved in this tract, policy, the Kings River country should the fact that the entire country is above be a National Park rather than to re­ 5,000 feet in elevation, with the excep­ main a part of the two National Forests. tion possibly of a few of the canyon bot­ The National Forest Service has on sev­ toms; that it contains many peaks with eral occasions through its chief spokes­ an elevation in excess of 14,000 feet; and man expressed not only a willingness to that it contains outstanding canyons of relinquish control of the area but has the West, combined with a wonderful even advocated the creation of a Na­ region of lakes and alpine forests, the

[5] Bubbs Creek Falls, above Kings River Canyon. combination has fixed this area in my basis appears imperative. Unless affirma­ mind for a good many years as one of tive action is taken now, it may be too the places which should be established late. and administered as a National Park." No Obstacles of Any Consequence A Regional Forester, when speaking Objections which have been raised to recently in regard to this very Kings this measure are inconsequential when River area, declared, "By definition, all compared to the values to be preserved. resources of the National Forest—tim­ Previous differences have largely been ber, range, water, wild life, and recrea­ eliminated by the provisions of the hill. tional values—are available for use as needed. There is no barrier in law, in Irrigation Rights Protected policy, or in practice to getting Irom The just claims of residents of the San these properties everything they are ca­ Joaquin Valley, in the lowlands of cen­ pable of producing. They are, of course, tral California, upon the waters of the a great recreational outlet in their pres­ Kings River are fully recognized in the ent management. But, in addition, they pending bill. Such opposition as was are a great pool of raw material on made, in past years, by certain irrigation which business may draw. . . ." This and power interests, has been with­ viewpoint, so at variance with the expres­ drawn. The Kings River Water Asso­ sions of opinion of the former chiefs of ciation, as well as the seventeen active the National Forest service, furnishes districts which comprise the association, the most powerful reason for preserving have endorsed the present Park proposal. this area permanently from exploitation. Flood control works are entirely out­ side the proposed Park. Above the reser­ Action Is Needed—Now voir sites, the terrain is too steep and In the face of these uncertainties, a empoundage too limited for practical move to settle the matter on a permanent Hood control. An important reason for

[6] Looking down Kings River Canyon from Sphinx Creek trail. hastening passage of the bill now before main South Fork Canyon floor will be Congress is to speed up the program and affected. The Tehipite Dome and the solve some of the problems of Kings walls and sculptured rocks of both val­ River water conservation and control. leys are embraced in the proposed Park These developments will tie in with the area. As both Drs. Joseph LeConte and great Central Valleys Water Project. David Starr Jordan declared, it is the high mountain areas surrounding these Exclusion of Tehipite Valley and valley floors that are outstanding in their Lower Part of Kings River majesty and magnificence. Canyon Grazing Conditions Some persons object to the exclusion Grazing in the new National Park of the Tehipite floor and the lower por­ area is limited now to a very few places tion of the floor of the main South Fork —comparatively small meadows, mostly Canyon from the proposed Park. It is at the lower elevations—and for only regrettable that these desirable areas about three months in the year. Existing should have to be excluded but this ex­ commitments as to grazing are recog­ clusion is deemed necessary by San Joa­ nized in the bill, and assurance has been quin Valley residents, for the general given that no undue hardship will be power and irrigation development of imposed on these cattlemen, whose pres­ the Kings River. Whether these reser­ ent rights will be continued during their voir sites will eventually be needed for lifetime, when they will terminate. No the storage of water only the future can sheep have been permitted to graze in tell. The bill provides that if they are not the Kings River region for a number of required for this purpose they may by years and only 300 have grazed in the Presidential proclamation then be in­ small area at the headwaters of the cluded within the Park. Only the lower South Fork of the San Joaquin also to be and scenically less important part of the included in the Park.

[7] Photograph by Walter L. Huber. Grouse Meadows, in the Canyon of the Middle Fork of the Kings River. The proposed John Muir National Park embraces 438,000 acres in the High Sierra of California, including the mile-deep canyons of the south and middle forks of the Kings River; the main crest of the Sierra Nevada from the Kings-Kern Divide north to the Palisades, the Evolution Range and Mount Goddard. Small Revenue Wilderness Aspect to Be Preserved This area now produces very little The bill provides that the John Muir revenue tor the Forest Service. The por­ National Park, when established, will he tion now received from this area by the preserved in its natural wilderness state. counties under existing law is insignifi­ Access to the Park will he over the new cant. highway constructed by the Forest Ser­ Lumbering vice and the State, leading Irom General (I rant National Park into the floor ol the There is little merchantable timber in canyon ol the South Fork ol the Kings the area. Non-commercial torests clothe River. I here are to he no roads except most ol the steeper slopes and canyons, this entrance road. Trails will he im­ and add to the attractiveness ol the proved hut kept as lew as possible, con­ rugged landscapes. The recreational and sistent with reasonable access to the vari­ inspirational values of these forests are ous points ol interest. far greater than any value they might Trail-camps may he established lor have lor producing sawmill timber. visitors lo the Park. All such forms ol development which contribute lo recre­ Mining ation are to he made in a manner which This region is above the mineral belt will assure preservation ol the primeval ol the Sierra and no productive mining character ol the region. has ever been carried on in this area. Assurance is given that there will be no additional entrance lee over that now Hunting charged for automobiles entering Gen­ Only an average ol: 157 deer are killed eral Grant or Sequoia National Parks. per year in this wilderness area. The (SI.00 lee will admit an automobile to interests of deerhunters will be furthered all three Parks lor a period of a year.) by the setting asitle ot this area as a game reserve. Better hunting outside the Park National Park a Great Economic will he insured thereby. Asset .Aside Irom its other important ad­ The attitude ot sportsmen nationally vantages, this new National Park will is typified by the Boone and Crockett have—as have other National Parks— Club (an organization of big game great economic value to the people of hunters founded by Theodore Roose­ the United States, and especially Cali­ velt), which has gone on record as favor­ ing the inclusion ol this area in a Park. fornia. San Joaquin Valley communities will benefit most directly in a financial Added Protection of Sierra Wild way, through the expenditures made by Sheep visitors to the Park. The Sierra big-horn sheep, lacing ex­ Recreational and Esthetic Values tinction, are often killed during the deer- Saved hunting season. In the entire Sierra only Above all, the success ol the program about 50 big-horn sheep remain, and embodied in the new hill before Con­ most of these range within this area, and gress will mean the permanent preser­ would receive added protection in a Park. vation ol one ol the most superb scenic areas in the world. Fishing This region to be set aside includes The operation of fish hatcheries, the the south and middle forks of the Kings construction ot rearing ponds and the River, which are in great river canyons, stocking of streams, as is done in all Na­ throughout their entire length compar­ tional Parks, will materially improve the able in grandeur to Yosemite; the main trout-fishing. crest of the Sierra Nevada from the

[10] Looking down the Middle Fork of Kings River, from Dusy Creek trail.

Kings-Kern Divide north to the Pali­ thoritatively stated that there is no inten­ sades, the Evolution Range and Mount tion of creating any National Park be­ Goddard. In the proposed Park area are tween this proposed area and the Mt. forty peaks more than 11,000 feet high Ritter region. and several more than 14,000 feet high. Nearly 600 alpine lakes are in this area. A National Issue The Tehipite Dome, a great granite The preservation of the Kings River monolith considered by many as without country is an issue national in scope. It is a peer in the world, for its type of dome fortuitous that this extraordinarily fine structure, is embraced within the pro­ highland region is in California, as are posed Park. several other National Parks — that grouping was the handiwork of the The wooded canyons, and the native Creator. Everyone recognizes that these Bowers which abound in unusual va­ riety, add much to the charm of this park-land areas arc to be looked on as High Sierra park-land which now is to heritages of the American people, the be held inviolate for the people of our most precious of their possessions. country. As a national issue, not localized, it is to be decided by the Congress of the No Further Extension of Park United States, on the basis of the greatest Boundary good for the greatest number; and every­ Some have claimed that the intention one favoring the highest use of this re­ is in the future to make the entire High gion is asked to aid in the creation of Sierra a National Park. It has been au­ this the John Muir National Park.

[11] Literature Descriptive of the Region A Rival of the Yosemite, John Muir. {Century Magazine, Nov., 1891). The Life and Letters of fohn Muir (Vol. II, pp. 252-255), William Frederic Bade. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, Clarence King. Your National Par/ts (pp. 99-104), Enos Mills. The Call of the Mountains (pp. 155-173), LeRoy Jellers. The Boo{ of the National Parks (pp. 69-92), Robert Sterling Yard. Alps of the Kings-Kern Divide, David Starr Jordan. The Mountains, Stewart Edward White. The Pass, Stewart Edward White. Place Names of the High Sierra, Francis P. Farquhar. Guide to the fohn Muir Trail and High Sierra Region, Walter A. Starr, Jr. Sierra Club Bulletin, 1893 to date.

[12] OPINIONS ON THE KINGS RIVER REGION

"All this wonderful Kings River region should he comprehended in one grand National Park. This region contains no mines of consequence; it is too high and too rocky tor agriculture; and even the lumber industry need suffer no reasonable restrictions."—JOHN' MUIK, in Century Magazine, Vol. XXI, p. 78 (Nov., 1891).

Scenically superb sublimity, and unequaled anywhere for "Scenically this country is unexcelled, rich variety. It is penetrated by trails ami of its kind, in the United States. Its east­ affords, with its foaming rivers, its ern boundary follows the crest of the thousands of streams, its hundreds of Sierra Nevada Mountains. In kind it is lakes, its splendid forests, occasional similar to Yosemite, but differs materially meadows, castellated valleys, inspiring in variety, in climax, and particularly in passes, and lofty glacier-shouldered sum­ the extraordinary massing of the peaks. mits, the future camping-out resort of I know of no country of similar mag­ many thousands yearly."—James D.Phe- nificence whose fastnesses can be pene­ Ian, when United States Senator from trated and enjoyed with similar comfort California. because of the practical absence of rain Great scenic features during the summer months."—Frankjin K. Lane, when U. S. Secretary of the "I am in favor of a Park which will Interior. include the great scenic features of the region of the Kings River."—Henry S. Mountain sculpture on giant scale Graves, Professor of Forestry at Yale, "I have never seen a more magnificent and former Chief of the U. S. Forest mountain panorama. I have seen the Service. mountains of this continent from Alaska Should be National Park to Mexico, and I have tramped many "This area has been fixed in my mind mountain miles in the Alps, but such a lor a good many years as one ol the comprehensive view ol mountain mas- places which should be established and sives and peaks and amphitheaters and administered as a National Park."— canyons, of all the details of mountain William B. Greeley, when Chief ol the sculpture on the tremendous scale as we U. S. Forest Service. are looking on now I have never before seen."—David Stan Jordan. (Uttered as Best possible use he stood at the junction of the Kings- "For many years the federation (Gen­ Kern Divide and the Main Crest, in the eral Federation of Women's Cluhs) has High Sierra.) supported the project ... in order that a larger scenic area might be protected Magnificent in scope and used for park purposes for the bene­ "We believe in the creation of the Park fit of all the people. It is the opinion ol which takes in the great Kings River the federation that national parks put watershed culminating, as far as height natural scenery to its best possible use." is concerned, in the crest of the Sierra —Mrs. John D. Sherman, when Presi­ Nevada Mountains. We have in this area dent, (ieneral Federation of Women's probably as magnificent scenery as there Clubs. is anywhere in the United States."— Stephen T. Mather, when Director, Na­ "Sheer granite" tional Park Service. ". . . a region of sheer granite rising in peaks, pinnacles, and minarets, rug­ A National Park unexcelled ged, wonderful, capped with the eternal "This area would make a National snows."—Stewart Edward White, "The Park unexcelled even in America for Mountains" (p. 95).

[13] OPINIONS ON THE KINGS RIVER REGION

To honor John Muir possible to compare the different beau­ "The John Muir Association prefers ties of nature according to their relative that the proposed Kings Canyon Na­ excellence, but if there is any finer scen­ tional Park he named the John Muir Na­ ery in the world than this I should like- tional Par/(. Anything less than a great to see it."—Frederick^ II. Gillctt, when National Park comparable to Yosemite U. S. Senator from Massachusetts; long or Yellowstone would not he a fitting; Speaker of the House of Representatives. tribute to 'the lather ol our National Primeval wilderness Parks.'" — Mrs. Finnic Marsh Wolfe, Secretary, The John Muir Association. "There was one bit of virgin wilder­ ness where one might ride the trails lor Ever-growing support a month without once viewing so much as a wagon road or any other work ol "As solutions for the prohlems raised man—a wilderness of marvelous scenic have been found, support for the John beauty and a veritable paradise lor de­ Muir-Kings Canyon National Park proj­ votees of the rod and fly, a combination ect has grown. . . . Even within the 75 to appeal to every lover ol the great out­ years which have elapsed since the early doors." — Hal G. Hearts, "Sierras by discoveries in this region, the untouched Camp hire and Pack," in Saturday Eve­ wilderness in the United States has ning Post (April 14, 1925). shrunk from seemingly illimitable re­ gions to easily counted tracts. Such coun­ A matter of great importance try has steadily acquired increased value, because ol its comparative scarcity and "It seems to me a matter ol very great increasing demands lor outdoor recre­ importance that the National Park should ation and refreshment." — Horace M. include the headwaters of the Kings. Albright, President, American Planning The region that would be thus included and Civic Association; former Director, is one of the most scenic and wonderful National Park Service. in the Higher Sierras."—Barton Warren Fvermann, when Director ol the Mu­ seum, California Academy ol Sciences. "A veritable song of God" "This bill should be speedily passed, No country compares over the paltering objections of adven­ 'T have seen all the passes and parks in turers who place their private birthing this country and clear up to the Arctic- schemes above the immeasurable public Ocean, and in Europe. There is no coun­ benefit of a national playground that not try on the face of the earth that com­ only rivals the already overcrowded Yo­ pares with the country in this proposed semite in beauty and spaciousness, but is, park."—Emerson Hough, the noted au­ in the words of Muir, 'a veritable song thor. ol God.' "—William Frederic Bade, ed­ itor ol "The Lite and Letters ol John Superior in mountain scenery Muir." (Vol. II, p. 255.) (This reference "Kings River Canyon is far superior is to a hill before Congress some years ... in its surrounding mountain scen­ ago, which would have placed virtually ery."—Joseph LeConte, the geologist; in the same area within a National Park.) Sunset, October, 1900.

Where is there liner? "Most wonderful" "I went through the Sequoia National "Scenically the most wonderlul region Park and the Kings and Kern Valleys in the United States not yet included in with a pack train and I spent there two a Park is that of the Kings . . . river of the most interesting and healthful canyons." — Le Roy Jeffers, author of weeks of my life. I do not suppose it is "The Call of the Mountains."

[14] OPINIONS ON T II E KINGS RIVER REGION

Varied terrain Conservation "This Kings River region contains "I am strongly in lavor of the broad­ some of the most stupendously impres­ est outlines of the proposed National sive scenery to he found on the lace ol Park" (embracing the Kings River re­ the globe—great river canyons more than gion).— William Kent, in letter to the 3,000 feet in depth, with wonderful rock Sierra Club (May 12, 1923). sculptures and towering dill walls— Wilderness preservation some of the highest mountains in this country outside ol Alaska—numberless "The purpose of the Department of exquisite lakes and waterfalls. It includes the Interior, if this National Park is au­ live great Yosemite-like valleys."—Wil­ thorized by Congress, is to treat it as a liam /'.'. Colby, Secretary, The Sierra primitive wilderness, limiting roads to Club. the absolute minimum, maintaining foot and horse trails, excluding elaborate Unique beauty and majesty hotels, admitting all responsible packers, "1 base repeatedly heen over most ot promoting good hshing, endeavoring to the region and all of it conforms perfect­ restore such nearly vanished wild life ly with the high standards set by the as the Sierra bighorn, the southern wol­ National Park Service, the National verine and the Pacific fisher . . ."— Parks Association, and the President's Harold L. lc\es, Secretary, U. S. Depart­ National Conference on Outdoor Recre­ ment ol the Interior, 1939. ation lor establishing National Parks. Its "Almost unanimous" permanent dedication as a natural pre­ serve of unique beauty and majesty lor "With the persons closest to the area the recreation and inspiration ol the now almost unanimous in their approval people, will contribute much more to of the National Park plan, the rest of California and the Nation than any other California can back the undertaking use ol it possibly can."—Vernon Kel­ with no tears that there are any bugs logg, when Permanent Secretary, Na­ under the chip."—Los Angeles Times, tional Research Council. December 12, 1938. California should rejoice Waterfalls deserving celebrity "If they (the National Parks and For­ "This new area that is proposed to be est Administrations) say the highest incorporated into the park has very few value lies in promoting Kings River trees of commercial value. . . . We counted at least 100 waterfalls that if Park as one of the nation's greatest they were in Switzerland would have he- scenic regions, California should re­ come celebrities."—Gilbert Grosvcnor, joice."—San Francisco News, February Editor, National Geographic Magazine. 15,1939. Everything to gain—nothing to lose Mountain climbing "The High Sierra region embraced "Alter all, the proposed Park area al­ ready is government owned land, and within the Park is famous for its high belongs to all the people in the United mountain peaks, affording opportuni­ States, not to Calitornians alone. . . . This ties lor the sport ot mountain climbing (San Joaquin) Valley has everything to unexcelled in any other part of the gain and nothing to lose by supporting United States."—Francis P. Farquhar, the John Muir-Kings Canyon Park."— Editor. Sierra Club Bulletin. Fresno Bee, February 15, 1939.

[15] Tehipite Dome is within the proposed John Muir National Park.

Front cover photograph by R. C. Lewis; all others by Walter L. Huber Your Support Is Urgently Needed

For the Creation of the JOHN MUIR NATIONAL PARK

This is how you can help:

1. Write or wire your Congressman and both Senators (see list below) and urge your friends to do likewise. Writing to other Congressmen will help. 2. Be sure to write Congressman B. W. Gearhart, who introduced the bill, and Con­ gressman A. J. Elliott, of the House Committee on Public Lands. 3. Interest other organizations in passing resolutions favoring the bill, sending the resolutions to Congress. 4. Urge newspapers and periodicals to publicize the proposed park favorably, with editorials, letters and news items. Forward the publicity to Senators and Repre­ sentatives in Congress. 5. Send for additional copies of this booklet, distributing them where they will do most good. 6. If you know of persons or organizations who should have this booklet, send their names and addresses to the SlERRA CLUB, 1050 Mills Tower, San Francisco. 7. Contributions to aid in the campaign will be gratefully received and will be used to pay for postage, printing, etc.

SENATORS from California (Address U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.) Hon. Hiram W. Johnson and Hon. Sheridan Downey

REPRESENTATIVES from California (Address House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.) District District 1 HON. CLARENCE F. LEA (Santa Rosa) 11 HON. CARL HINSHAW (Pasadena) 2 HON. HARRY L. ENGLEBRIGHT 12 HON. H. JERRY VOORHIS (San Dimas) (Nevada City) 15 HON. CHARLES KRAMER 3 HON. FRANK H. BUCK. (Vacaville) (Los Angeles) 1 HON. FRANCK R. HAVENNER 1-1 HON. THOMAS F. FORD (LOS Angeles) (San Francisco) 15 HON. JOHN M. COSTELLO 5 HON. RICHARD J. WELCH (Hollywood) (San Francisco) 16 HON. LELANDM. FORD 6 HON. ALBERT E. CARTER (Oakland) (Santa Monica) 7 HON. JOHN H. TOLAN (Oakland) 17 HON. LEE E. GEYER (Gardens) 8 HON. JOHN Z. ANDERSON IS HON. THOMAS M. EATON (Long Beach) (San Juan Bautista) 19 HON. HARRY R. SHEPPARD (Vucaipa) 9 HON. B. W. GEARHART (Fresno) 20 HON. LD V. IzAC (San Diego) 10 HON. A. J. ELLIOTT (Tulare)

Residents of States other than California are requested to write Congressman Gearhart as well as their own Senators and Representatives. (Over) —A»tt! Adams Mount Clarence King—typical of the High Sierra of the proposed John Muir National Park